The
Greenman Archery blog is essentially the father
of this website. It's where I showed the work
I was doing, new ideas, events I went to,
people I met, and shared some of my thoughts
on various subjects.
The good news is - I still do all that on
the blog!

The Greenman Archery website makes it easier
to represent my custom wood arrows and other
items on a commercial basis. The blog is still
good for many of the things listed above.
Take a look and be sure to scroll back through
the pages to see my past posts.

This
one is a little self-explanatory, it's a small
time cooking blog that I write. I really enjoy
cooking, and while I'm no famous chef I have
managed to keep my girlfriend and I in good
food and occasionally get to cook something
good for friends or family.

In the Greenman Cooking blog I may discuss
recipes I've tried or want to try, things
I want to buy for the kitchen, cooking programs
I like to watch (I love PBS cooking shows),
or just about anything else that comes to
my mind on the subject.

In
addition to making and selling custom wood
arrows I am also a gourd artist, and perhaps
I am using that term a little loosely
I am no fine artist by any stretch of the
imagination.

Gourds give me a good outlet for art that
really isn't suitable for the narrow dowel
of an arrow. With gourds I can paint them,
stain them, burn them, carve them, or just
leave them natural. I particularly enjoy making
usable gourd art like drinking vessels, bowls,
canteens, cups, and drums. My gourd art runs
towards the primitive style, partly due to
that's what I like to do and partly because
my artistic talents don't necessarily extend
to more complicated art.

Jesse's
is an internet site with a forum covering
hunting, fishing, and all the attendant variations
of such. The forum is based in southern California
and that is where many of the participants
are located. However, as it has grown we've
seen Jesse's gather a much wider following.

The forum is broken up into sections covering
a wide variety of subjects. If you are at
all interested in fishing, hunting, or the
outdoors, there is a good chance that you'll
find something of interest and other people
to chat with about it. (Membership in Jesse's
is free.)

Warning: if you're anti-gun, anti-hunting,
or vegetarian, it is very unlikely that you
will enjoy the site.

Mike
and Brenda Horton have one of the best shops
for traditional archery products and supplies
around.

After having a less than stellar customer
service experience at one of the big traditional
archery retailers, I took a friends
advice and began doing business with The Nocking
Point and have never looked back. I have been
extremely pleased with their products, prices,
and service. I really like smaller shops where
the owner answers the phone and also pulls
my order and takes it to the post office.
These are good folks.

With
the help of the late Kris Tuomala, Tom Mills
has created what is possibly the world's best
forum for pursuing and sharing knowledge of
the old ways of doing things.

If you're interested in flint knapping, primitive
pottery, primitive living, primitive archery,
wood bow making, metal forging, or any number
of other subjects, you'll probably find it
at Paleo Planet. One of the really incredible
things about Paleo Planet is its international
membership. The site has participants from
all over the world sharing what they know
in a variety of areas; many of these people
are internationally recognized as leaders
in their respective fields.

Membership in PaleoPlanet is free and there
are basically only two rules: no politics
and no religion - two subjects that can be
quite divisive.

The
Sagittarius website is pretty bare and basic.
You won't find flashy pictures of what they
carry or a bunch of text. What you will find
is just about the best price on feather fletching
that's out there. It's where I get a lot of
the feathers I use.

For the best service, give Ruth a call at
the number listed on the Sagittarius site,
she's great to deal with and she'll set you
right up.

The
SCA is an international organization dedicated
to researching and re-creating the arts and
skills of pre-17th-century Europe.

Target archery in the SCA requires the use
of wood arrows fletched with real feathers,
right up my alley.
I participate in local SCA events and the
Greenman Archery booth may be found at many
of them. I greatly enjoy my time spent in
the SCA and value the friends I have made
there. In July of 2011 I was honored with
a Harp Argent for my skills in arrowmaking.

Trad
Gang evolved from people who grew frustrated
with the workings of another traditional archery
forum. TradGang quickly grew in membership
to over 35,000 members and more people are
joining every day. It is one of the leading
forums on the subject of traditional archery
hunting.

A
question that comes up pretty frequently in
archery forums is, "what fletching jig
should I buy?"
The usual answer is Bitzenburger. While there
is no doubt that the Bitzenburger is a great
jig, I tend to see them as too pricey, especially
if you need more than one. When it was time
for me to buy my first jig I got a Vador Uni-fletch.
I've never regretted that decision and now
have a table of 12 Vador Uni-fletch jigs as
well as a couple off to the side for small
jobs and repairs. Some of my jigs are now
about 15 years old and I can't tell the difference
with a jig I bought two months ago.

If you are in the market for a fletching jig,
email Vador and there is a chance that they
will have cosmetic second jigs available for
a good price.

I have yet to meet anyone who can look at
a fletched arrow and tell what jig it was
fletched on.

Victor
makes some of the nicest looking and best
performing hunting knives that you can imagine.
He's done extensive testing to figure out
what makes a knife perform to its utmost and
does everything in his power to make a knife
that makes your hand happy to hold and use
it. Victor's 40 years of traditional archery
hunting have served well to teach him what's
needed in a knife.

Take a look at Victor Smith Knives and you'll
see handmade tools crafted by a man who puts
a lot of love, passion, and hard earned skill
into his craft.

Ken
Villars has been making his own bows for a
number of years. Now he's making them available
to the rest of us. Ken specializes in high
performance self-bows and backed self-bows.
He's exacting in his work and won't let anything
out of the shop unless it meets his very high
standards.

Ken also conducts bow making classes in the
Southern California area, giving the rest
of us the opportunity to learn from his years
of experience.